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Oboo Smart Clock - Designed Around Your Day

$190,236

pledged of $25,000 goal

1,915

backers

What is a prototype?

A prototype is a preliminary model of something. Projects that offer physical products need to show backers documentation of a working prototype. This gallery features photos, videos, and other visual documentation that will give backers a sense of what’s been accomplished so far and what’s left to do. Though the development process can vary for each project, these are the stages we typically see:

Proof of Concept

Explorations that test ideas and functionality.

Functional Prototype

Demonstrates the functionality of the final product, but looks different.

Appearance Prototype

Looks like the final product, but is not functional.

Design Prototype

Appearance and function match the final product, but is made with different manufacturing methods.

Production Prototype

Appearance, function, and manufacturing methods match the final product.

Prototype Gallery

These photos and videos provide a detailed look at this project’s development.

Our vision is to make the technology of the Internet of Things accessible to everyone. To not only use IoT technology, but to also create and interact with on a meaningful level. We started with two generations of a low-cost IoT computer on KickStarter, meant to enable everyone, not just engineers, to join the maker movement and create connected devices.

Now we’re back on KickStarter, with our very own IoT device, to show just how beautiful and useful these devices can be.

Wave hello to Oboo Smart Clock.

Available in two colors

A brand new way to interact with a brand new take on a clock.

Wave Hello

Oboo features a front facing gesture sensor, providing an intuitive and natural way to use your smart device.

Wave left, right, up, and down to control your Oboo.

A Touch of Light

The top of the Oboo features a Touch Pad that replaces the need for physical buttons. An animated, full color light bar is integrated into the touch pad to provide context and light up your space.

Power

Use the two fast-charging USB ports on the back of Oboo to charge your devices.

Use your Oboo+ on the go. It comes with a built-in 4400mAh Lithium ion battery that can power it for 20** hours of regular use and 8** hours of playing music over Bluetooth. Recharge Oboo overnight for a fresh start the next day.

Reacts to the Environment

Oboo dims its display when it’s time for bed so you can get the restful sleep that you need.

Hidden inside is an ambient light sensor that monitors the levels of light in the room, allowing Oboo to know when the display needs to shine bright to be readable and when it needs to be dim to not impact your sleep.

Automatic Time Adjustment

Never forget to fall backward or spring forward for daylight savings time again. Oboo uses the Network Time Protocol to make sure the time and date are always set correctly.

Oboo uses those same smarts and WiFi based geolocation to automatically update the current time and the time of your alarms when travelling.

Smart Home

Oboo is Amazon Alexa ready so you can tell your Amazon Echo when you would like to wake up and it will update your Oboo.

Oboo is integrated with IFTTT. Use any of your alarms as a This trigger to make your Smart Home work around your life.

Running the show inside every Oboo Smart Clock is our Omega2 IoT computer. The Omega2 is designed to be the brain of IoT devices; providing wireless connectivity and intelligence in a small and power efficient package.

The Omega platform was created as a tool to enable the development of connected hardware devices, and we want to not only create a useful IoT device, but also show how the Omega2 streamlines and simplifies product design, implementation, and manufacturing.

For the past few months, we’ve been designing, prototyping, coding, and discussing Oboo Smart Clock endlessly.

We’ve optimized our design for manufacturability, and are currently waiting on our production prototype engineering samples to be completed. Once we finish testing the samples and are happy with the functionality and performance, we’ll start gearing up for mass production.

Onion is a team of technology enthusiasts, creators, and strivers, looking to make amazing products and even better user experiences.

Onion has been in business since 2014, going through the TechStars Accelerator in Boston that year. In 2015, we introduced the world to the Onion Omega IoT computer through KickStarter. We came back to KickStarter in 2016 to launch the ultra affordable Omega2.

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The team has undergone some changes in the last year, and now we have all of the right people in the right places to boldly stride forward.

Risks and challenges

It’s certainly not easy to bring a hardware project from concept to your home and the risks are very real, but given our experience, the quality of our people, and our dedication to you, the customer, we’re confident we can get through the process successfully and deliver a quality product to all backers.

Designing and producing electronics is one of Onion’s core competencies. We’ve done extensive prototyping and have been working with our supply chain and manufacturing partners to ensure this portion goes smoothly. As a bonus, the Omega2S, the IoT computer module running the show inside the Oboo Smart Clock is an Onion product, so we expect very few hiccups.

Enclosures are a new endeavor for us so we’ve done a lot of work to try to get informed and derisk this by seeking out potential manufacturing partners and picking their brains for the right way to design enclosures and how to avoid common issues. We’ve narrowed down our selection to a handful and need to make the final call, but all of our candidates are OEM producers who have manufactured items many of you may already own! We will rely on their expertise to ensure everything goes smoothly and hope to learn a lot along the way.

Once the hardware and enclosure designs are finalized, we will start the process of FCC and CE certification. We have previously successfully certified the Omega2 and Omega2S so we’re familiar with the process and our hardware engineers are very familiar with the technical requirements.

Shipping has been a weak point that we’ve worked incredibly hard to improve this past year. We now have reputable fulfillment partners in the USA and in Asia that we plan to use to ensure our packages make their way to our backers in a timely manner.

We believe that honesty is the best policy and will keep our backers informed every step along the way with frequent updates during and after the campaign. If we do encounter any hiccups, speed bumps, or road blocks, we will be open and transparent about the issues and how they affect our delivery timelines.